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NLL: Thunderbirds spoil Sowers’ debut game in hometown

February 8, 2025

The Halifax Thunderbirds came into Philadelphia and soared to a 14-10 victory on Saturday afternoon. They dominated the Wings with strong physical play, a barrage of shots and ground ball victories. Both teams wore Marvel-inspired jerseys to celebrate Marvel SuperHero Day. In the first quarter, with a 5-2 lead by the Thunderbirds, the boos began filling the Wells Fargo Center. The Wings’ seemed to be struggling like it did…

NLL: Knighthawks split the season series against the Thunderbirds

Rochester Knighthawk's defender Matt Gilray wraps his arm around Halifax Thunderbirds's forward Clarke Petterson as Petterson tries to make an offensive play.

January 19, 2025

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The Rochester Knighthawks outscored the Halifax Thunderbirds 5-1 in the fourth quarter to win 11-10 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “Our defensive unit played a great game and held us in it, and that gave us a lot of confidence to know we have that defence and (Hutchcraft) in net,” said Rochester forward Connor Fields, who led the game with four goals and six points. “Once we started to…

NLL: Philadelphia Roughs Up ‘Necks

January 12, 2025

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The Philadelphia Wings came from behind to beat the Calgary Roughnecks in a Saturday afternoon physical battle. The Wings snatched the 13-11 victory out of the hands of Calgary in the final minutes of play due to the heroic efforts of Mitch Jones and company. Blaze Riorden got things started by crashing the crease to start the game. The fans roared to life. Brayden Mayea quickly quieted them down. Mitch…

NCAA: Virginia’s kryptonite continues streak, Duke wins again

April 20, 2023

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Sure, Lars Tiffany has two National Championships since taking over for Dom Starsia in Charlottesville. Sure, the ‘Hoos have won three National Championships since 2011. And sure, they are considered one of the top teams this year, and almost every year. But three things guaranteed in life include, death, taxes and Duke beating Virginia in the regular season. This weekend was no different as Duke beat the Cavs yet again…

NCAA: A cavalier win for UVA in semi-finals

May 26, 2019

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The first game of the NCAA Division I semifinals at Lincoln Financial Field In Philadelphia seemed like more of a preseason game than a semifinal game for a championship, with a lot of unsettled play and a tremendous amount of turnovers. Either one can cause a team to be eliminated from championship play. The University of Virginia was fortunate to have solid goaltending that allowed them to be victorious in…

PLL: 24 players taken during inaugural draft

April 25, 2019

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The 2019 Premier Lacrosse League draft was held on Monday but was held until 2 a.m. when it was shown on tape-delay on NBC Sports Network. With four rounds and six teams the PLL draft only featured 24 picks so there really isn’t much room to error, no matter how stacked every roster is already. Archers LC had the first overall pick and they went with the bonafide favourite and…

NCAA: High Point wins back-and-forth contest over Bellarmine

April 21, 2019

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It was a wet one in Louisville, KY as the High Point Panthers secured a conference road win over the Bellarmine Knights, edging them 16-15. This one was a back-and-forth battle from the get-go and it went right down to the wire. A big third quarter run was the game changer for High Point that helped them secure the win, their second one-goal win in a row and fifth of…

MLL: Major league chaos as three teams shuttered

April 2, 2019

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Major League Lacrosse dropped a shocking bombshell on April 1st and it will have lasting impacts – and it is NOT an April Fool’s joke. With seemingly no public warning, the league announced it was reducing its team roster to six with one team per owner, effective immediately. A statement on www.majorleaguelacrosse.com read: “MLL ownership unanimously agreed on a strategy which limits one team per owner.” Atlanta, Boston, Chesapeake, Dallas,…

MLL Draft Recap: Alex Woodall goes first to Ohio Machine

March 13, 2019

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The 2019 Major League Draft happened Saturday night with some big moves shaking things up. The Towson University Tigers led the way with three of the top 20 picks including faceoff specialist Alex Woodall who was selected by the Ohio Machine. Zach Goodrich went third overall to the Boston Cannons and Brendan Sunday went 13th to the Atlanta Blaze. The University of Maryland and Penn State followed close behind with…

MLL Week 14: Two-win weekend for Atlanta

August 4, 2018

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Chesapeake 11 Atlanta 12 Chesapeake failed in their attempt to secure the second playoff spot as they lost a close game to Atlanta. Atlanta roared out to a 7-4 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Even with a one-goal output by the Blaze offense in the second quarter, they continued to lead 8-6 at halftime. The Bayhawks’ offense went dormant in the third quarter as the Blaze…

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